In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown